There’s a lotta lotta stuff in The Glean on MinnPost this morning. North Minneapolis, book ban ban, Dakota people and the St. Anthony Falls, SC school ruling, and a ruling against UnitedHealth Group.
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2025/06/will-a-1-5b-project-transform-north-minneapolis/
‘He stole a piece of our souls’: Christian music star Michael Tait accused of sexual assault by three men
Tait posted on Instagram days ago that for 20 years he lived a ‘double life’ but is working on ‘repentance and healing’
Josiah Hesse
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/michael-tait-sexual-assault-allegations
Millions in US expected to protest against Trump in ‘No Kings’ demonstrations
Rallies at roughly 2,000 sites planned for Saturday, same day as US president’s military parade and birthday
Rachel Leingang
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/no-kings-protests
Who are the eight new vaccine advisers appointed by Robert F Kennedy?
US health secretary announced new members for Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, after firing all 17 experts who held the post
Jessica Glenza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/13/eight-new-cdc-vaccine-advisers-robert-f-kennedy
Trump’s pollution rollback rewards wealthy plant owners — at the expense of Americans’ health
Oliver Milman and Dharna Noor
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/trump-epa-pollution-rules
US immigration agency flies drones capable of surveillance over LA protests
CBP claims in statement that they are ‘providing officer safety surveillance when requested by officers’
Johana Bhuiyan
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/12/predator-drone-los-angeles-protests
Why is the media ignoring growing resistance to Trump?
Margaret Sullivan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/why-is-the-media-ignoring-growing-resistance-to-trump
We are Nobel laureates, scientists, writers and artists. The threat of fascism is back
Open letter
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/nobel-laureates-fascism
Starvation alert as children fill Kenya refugee ward after US aid cuts
Anne Soy
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1dew7zyg49o
World-first blood cancer therapy to be given on NHS
James Gallagher
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg4kj2nxjgo
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story review – dazzling glamour and true grit
This indulgent but madly watchable documentary showcases Minnelli’s tremendous star wattage alongside the tragedy of a life lived in the full glare of show business
Peter Bradshaw
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/13/liza-a-truly-terrific-absolutely-true-story-review-dazzling-glamour-and-true-grit
Puppies, ghosts and euphoric snogging: the 25 best queer films of the century so far
From coming-out fables and dancefloor make-outs to unsimulated sex and a madcap maternal quest, here is a feast of movies about LBGTQ+ lives
By Ryan Gilbey
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jun/12/25-best-queer-films-century-pride-month-lesbian-gay-trans-movies
My unexpected Pride icon: Link from the Zelda games, a non-binary hero who helped me work out who I was
Video games are the closest you can get to trying a new body for a bit, and when I played as the androgynous Link, I felt subversive and empowered
Keza MacDonald
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2025/jun/13/my-unexpected-pride-icon-link-from-the-zelda-games-a-non-binary-hero-who-helped-me-work-out-who-i-was
The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup
Awakened by Laura Elliott; Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab; Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang; Esperance by Adam Oyebanji; The Quiet by Barnaby Martin
Lisa Tuttle
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/13/the-best-recent-science-fiction-fantasy-and-horror-review-roundup